Doctors warn coronavirus causing sudden strokes in some younger patients
By Zack Budryk - 04/22/20 02:22 PM EDT
The novel coronavirus is causing strokes in some younger adults who are otherwise asymptomatic, doctors who have treated the virus said Wednesday.
Thomas Oxley, a neurosurgeon at New York’s Mount Sinai Health System, told CNN about five partially or wholly asymptomatic coronavirus patients under the age of 50 who he and colleagues treated. He said patients seemed to have suffered increased clotting in large arteries, causing severe stroke.
“Our report shows a seven-fold increase in incidence of sudden stroke in young patients during the past two weeks. Most of these patients have no past medical history and were at home with either mild symptoms (or in two cases, no symptoms) of Covid,†Oxley told CNN.
Strokes in general and large-stroke vessels in particular are not common within the 30-40 age range.
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